Case Study: Bolt scales remote work and secure access with Tailscale

Bolt scales remote work for 600+ employees with Tailscale

Bolt, a rapidly growing e-commerce checkout platform, faced significant scaling challenges with its traditional OpenVPN setup as its remote workforce expanded. Their single Amazon EC2 instance running the VPN could not keep pace with their growth, hindering their ability to operate efficiently. They sought a scalable, secure alternative to traditional VPNs and evaluated options like Tailscale.

Bolt implemented Tailscale's zero trust mesh VPN to create a secure, peer-to-peer network. The solution provided higher throughput, better scalability, and improved security by eliminating a single point of failure. Employees reported a vastly improved user experience, with secure access to internal resources achieved in a single click. The implementation also allowed Bolt to seamlessly connect external SaaS tools like GitHub Actions to its private network.

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